Per Traditione, Ascendimus

A collection of Traditional Catholic images, quotes, and prayers collected and displayed for all to enjoy, be inspired by, and to live by. ***Deo Optimo Maximo***

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Francisco de Zurbarán

Saint Lawrence, 1636

Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

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José de Paez, 1756

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Giuseppe Bezzuoli, Santa Filomena (1840)

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Me: "So I'm discerning religious life/The Priesthood."

Other people:

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this is so true 

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One day St. Teresa of Avila heard someone say: “If only I had lived at the time of Jesus… If only I had seen Jesus… If only I had talked with Jesus…” To this she responded: “But do we not have in the Eucharist the living, true and real Jesus present before us? Why look for more?”

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San Gorg in Qormi, Malta

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Pope Leo XIII - Chief Shepherd

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                                        BENEDICTVS.XIV

                                         PONT.OPT.MAX.

     BONONIENSIS SCIENTIARVM INSTITVTI ORNAMENTVM ET  

                            COLVMEN EX OPERA MVSIVO

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Signature of Pope Benedict XIV (AD1675b., 1740-1750r.)

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Portrait of Benedict XIV with Angels

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Allegory in Honor of Pope Benedict XIV

Pompeo Batoni, AD1708-1787

This work of Batoni seems to be either unfinished and was intended to be later mastered as a painting.

From study of such allegory, it seems that angels carry a large medal with a portrait of Benedict XIV, proclaiming the Supremacy of the Papacy to the world, who looks at the portrait in awe and wonder, with the Roman skyline in the background. The female figures looking in awe may also be female personifications of virtuous traits (Sapientia, Providentia, Religio, etc.) that describe Benedict XIV and his papacy. In Batoni's other work presenting Benedict XIV, he is pictured in full pontificals with personifications of Religio and Sapientia, thus providing further evidence that these female figures are used likewise. 

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Above is a papal tiara presented to Pius IX by Belgium in 1871

The complete inscription (including text on the unseen sides) is:

IESV CHRISTI VICARIO INFALLIBILI

ORBIS SVPREMO IN TERRA RECTORI

REGVM ATQVE POPVLORVM PATRI

which translates to:

To The Infallible Vicar of Jesus Christ

To the Supreme Governor of the World on Earth

To the Father of Nations and Kings

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Oh look it’s that tiara that fundamentalists claim is proof that the pope is the Antichrist.

This is because they claim the tiara is inscripted with VICARIVS FILLIVS DEI, which I guess equals 666?

Either way, I like the actual inscription better.

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Pontifical Procession through Saint Peter's Basilica during the Festival of Chinea, 18th Cent.

Presumably Clement XI or Benedict XIV are pictured on the sedia gestatoria.

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Monuments to the Supreme Pontiff during the "Festa della Chinea" in the 18th Century, Part IV

Some of these appear to have actual permanent bases, perhaps such could have marked a spot where a new church or palace would be built?